Most of them must be knowing about uTest. If you do not know the I think you must check it out. Because there is something to see that cannot be conveyed through words. I joined uTest before a half year referred by my mentor Pradeep Soundararajan. Let me not bore you with the history. Let me talk about uTest Bug Battle. I was not able to participate in Q3 Bug battle for some reasons. But this time in Q4 Bug Battle which was my first participation and I was very much confident about winning some prize. And I got it. I was "Honorable Mention" for uTest Q4 Bug Battle. As this was my first uTest Bug Battle I am a bit convinced with the prize I won however I would aim for something more better in the next uTest Bug Battle. You also want to participate? Then I think you must register at uTest as well as uTest Forums.
Before several months when I heard about Weekend Testing I thought what an amazing initiation took by Ajay Balamurgadas, Manoj M V, Parimala Shankariaha, Sharath Byregowda with a great inspiration from Pradeep Soundararajan. My apologies that it has been late for me to write a blog post about WT (From now on, I will refer Weekend Testing as WT in my upcoming posts about WT).
What hit my mind when I heard about this idea?
I thought how could no one think about this before? Because, they were not bothered about bringing a change in the community or May be there are numerous reasons. But what matters is that finally it was initiated by passionate testers from Bangalore.
What do they do in WT?
You might be having this question in your mind. Instead of me elaborating on the answer to this question I would like you to visit http://www.weekendtesting.com/ to find out much more.
Recently, Ajay Balamurugadas gave an paper presentation in STC 2009 & there were amazing comments given by Michael Bolton. Also, James Bach blogged about WT in his blog. I heard from Pradeep Soundararajan that Ajay gave a awesome presentation. I was happy to see some kind of cool initiation that would account for bringing the change in the community.
WT is growing each and every second. Every weekend there are new testers coming in and testing various products depending on the mission given to them. If you are not still participating in WT then I think you are missing a great opportunity.
Registration and other details you can find it out at WT official website http://www.weekendtesting.com/ or you can contact the founders of WT.
While I was attending Michael Bolton’s workshop on 17th November, 2009 he assigned us with some activity. I created a text file and saved it. Later, when I pointed on the text file it said, “Created on as 2055 year”. Then I checked the clock settings and it was also 2055 (I remembered that I had set it to 2055 before few days while I was just trying to find problems in Microsoft clock.
Then I changed the clock setting to the proper date. Now I pointed on the text file and it still said, “2055” year. Now the question is doesn’t it sound weird when you show the text file to your friend which says, “It is created in the future 2055 year”. What do you think about this scenario? Is it a problem or no problem? Let us debate on this scenario?
Most of you must be using record and playback tools like QTP, Selenium etc. But I have heard from some people that QTP, Selenium and other god automation tools doesn't work with or support their application (What? You must be kidding, how can QTP not support your application - It is a GOD for automation *LOL*). When these people say that they couldn't figure out a way, I remember a quote - "A fool with a tool is still a fool". Most of the people search for tools from great vendor list. What about open source? They can do wonders. What about tools that have been not listed in Open Source tools?
I found a tool which is of 920 kb size and can do wonders as a simple record and playback. You have the tool but you need to think how you can utilize it. In what ways can you utilize it. The name of the Record and Playback tool I discovered is, "Auto Clicker & Typer" (This tool doesn't require you to take training or go through the Help Documentation in order to use it). You can just download it and you will know how to use it. But with a tool also comes few limitations. But to some extent you will find this tool useful.
Now don't give comments like, "Where can I download it from?", "Please give me the link" and blah blah blah. Google is your friend.
I, Santhosh Shivanand Tuppad is the author of Rookie Tester. Most of you must be knowing me through TestersBlog. I belong to context driven school. If you want to know more about me then contact me at Santhosh.Tuppad@gmail.com or Skype me - santhosh.s.tuppad. I welcome you to my blog. Thank you.
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